Text 142] The Lord Instructs Srila Ripa Gosvami 321
Lord Sri Krsna personally identifies Himself with the minute living entities. Lord
Krsna is the supreme spirit, the Supersoul, and the living entities are His very
minute parts and parcels. Of course, we cannot divide the tip of a hair into such
fine particles, but spiritually such small particles can exist. Spiritual strength is so
powerful that a mere atomic portion of spirit can be the biggest brain in the ma-
terial world. The same spiritual spark is within an ant and within the body of
Brahma. According to his karma, material activities, the spiritual spark attains a cer-
tain type of body. Material activities are carried out in goodness, passion and ig-
norance or a combination of these. According to the mixture of the modes of ma-
terial nature, the living entity is awarded a particular type of body. This is the con-
clusion.
TEXT 141
MATA TSSHAAT “TSA SHATAT B
sien Gla: % facwy She te vai see: v8 A
balagra-sata-bhagasya
satadha kalpitasya ca
bhago jivah sa vijfeya
iti caha para srutih
SYNONYMS
bala-agra—the tip of a hair; sata-bhagasya—of one hundredth; sata-dha—into
one hundred parts; kalpitasya—divided; ca—and; bhagah—minute portion;
jivah—the living entity; sah—that; vijfieyah—to be understood; iti—thus; ca—
and; aha—have said; para—chief; srutih—Vedic mantras.
TRANSLATION
““‘If we divide the tip of a hair into one hundred parts and then take one
part and divide this into another one hundred parts, that ten-thousandth part
is the dimension of the living entity. This is the verdict of the chief Vedic
mantras.’
PURPORT
The first three padas of this verse from the Paficadasi Citradipa (81) are taken
from the Svetasvatara Upanisad (5.9).
TEXT 142
TAATATSS SA | 282 I
saksmanadm apy aham jivah
